Wood-planing machine



(No Model.)

A. W. STOSSMEISTER.

WOOD PLANING MAGHINE.

No. 249,805. Patented'Nov. 22.1881.

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NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

ALBERT WV. STOSSMEISTER, NEWPORT, KENTUCKY.

WOOD-PLANING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,805, dated November22, 1881 Application filed September 3, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. Sross- MEISTER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residingatNewport,county ofOampbell,Kentucky, have invented newand useful Improvements in Wood-Working Machines, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to combined woodworking machines, having referenceto a combination of planing and molding machines in the same structure,its object being to increase the efficiency and usefulness of suchmachines.

In Letters Patent No. 229,199, granted to me June 22, 1880, I describeda molding machine possessing certain advantages; and my presentinvention, besides improving the construction and usefulness of saidmachine, independently considered, combines the whole in one structurewith a planer, whereby a greater variety of work may be done withconvenience and dispatch.

My invention is embodied in mechanism illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine.Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of thesame. Fig. 4 is a partial plan section, showing the mode of constructingthe outer table with the means of vertical adjustment and Fig. 5, apartial vertical longitudinal section of the outer table, showing itsrelation to the cutter when in its most elevated position.

Referring now to the lettered portions of the drawings, A designates themain frame or support of the machine, which is constructed substantiallyin the ordinary manner for a planingmachine adapted to rest upon and besecured to the floor. B is the planer-table. O is the supplemental tablefor molding; D, the cutter-shaft; E E E the roller-shafts, and F abracket supporting an independent shaft carrying a band-pulley and gearsfor driving the rollers.

The cutter-shaft D and roller shafts E are journaled in the sides of theframe A in the usual manner, to permit a slight vertical adjustment. Theroller-shafts E and E are arranged parallel to and equidistant from thecutter-shaft D, one on each side, and are extended beyond the cuttershaft and beyond their journals at one side of the frame,and areprovided at their extremities with spur-gears g 9 meshing with anintermediate gear, g upon an independent shaft, 0, having its bearingsat one end upon the bracket F, and at the other in a tie plate or bar,f,extending between and embracing at its ends the roller-shafts E E Powerbeing given to the independent shaft 6 through a band-pulley, h,centered upon it, is transmitted by its spur-wheel g to the spur-gears gupon the roller-shafts E and E respectively. The cutter shaft isindependently driven by means of a band pulley, i, at its correspondingextremity. The usual feed-rollers,jj, are carried upon the roller-shaftsE E above themain table B. The third rollersha-ft, E is driven bychain-belting from the shaft E and carries no separate roll.cutter-shaft is extended beyond the mainframe at the end opposite thatwhich carries its driving-pulley, and in addition to its main cutter,

d, located over the main table B, between the journal-bearings, carriesa second cutter, 01 at the extremity over thesupplemental table 0,

for moldings and similar work. Two of the roller-shafts, E and E, arealso extended over the auxiliary table, to act in connection with thecutter (1 The main table B is provided with means of verticaladjustment, (shown in Fig. 2,) consisting of two verticalscrew-shafts, 1) b actuated by bevel-gears at their lower extremities,mesh- The ing with corresponding gears upon a horizontal shaft, bcontrolled by a hand wheel, I). The main table is used for planing onlyand remains always below the cutters.

The supplemental table consists of two main portions, the smaller havingan independent vertical adjustment upon the larger, and the latter beingvertically adjustable upon the main frame. The larger or main portionconsists of a bracket'frame, 0, held to the side of theframe A of themachine by means of vertical T-ribs upon the vertical side of thebracket moving in corresponding guides t upon the frame A. The verticalmovement of the bracket 0 is effected by a screw-standard, 8, dependingfrom the lower part of its vertical side through the eye of a lug, it,upon the frame A, and a handwheel, 8, with a screw-threaded center-boreturning on the standard above the lug. The

bracket 0 is intended to have a considerable range of verticaladjustment, so as to bring its table proper either above or below thecutter d, as may be desired, and to accommodate this movementrectangular slots Z are opened downward from the upper edge of thevertical side of the bracket, which allow the bracket to pass upwardbeyond the shafts D e a.

From the part c supporting-arms c c 0 extend outward between therectangular slots 1, supporting an outer guideway, 0 in which and acorresponding groove at the upper edge a horizontal slab, m,constituting the auxiliary table proper, is arranged to move. Thepurpose of this construction is to enable the slab m to be withdrawn inorder to elevate the table 0 above the rolls from its lower position.When in its highest position the upper side of the slab m occupies theposition in relation to the cutter d shown in Fig. 5. The slab m isarranged wholly at one side of the cutter J and, in the position lastreferred to, is wholly above the shafts 0 6 The minortablenconsists,substantially, of a bracket-shelf moving in verticalguides upon the part c. The construction of the guides and means forvertical adjustment are the same as already described for the part 0.When the table O is used below the cutter, the two parts at and n arealigned in the same plane; but when they are used above the cutter thetable n is adjusted sufficiently above the table m to accommodatetheloss of material remor'ed ator to dress the ends of work of variouskindssuch as picture-frames and cabinet-work generally-by adjusting thetable n to a proper elevation.

Having described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by LettersPatent- 1. A wood-working machine comprising in its structure aplaning-machinetable, B, a vertically-adjustable supplemental table, 0,located at one side thereof, and provided with a secondaryvertically-adjustable table, n, a removable slab, m, and the verticalslots 1 at its portion adjacent to the planing-table, and the cut terand roller shat'ts 1), E and E, extended laterally over the slots in thesupplemental ta ble, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The vertically-adjustable supplemental table 0, located at one sideof a planing-machine table, B, and frame A, and provided with thevertical slots l and a removable slab, m, in combination with theextensions of the cutter and roller shafts extending laterally from theplaning-table over the slotsin the supplemental table, substantially asand for the purposes described.

3. The supplemental table 0, for molding, comprising the bracket-frame0, arranged to have a vertical movement, the horizontal slab m,constituting the auxiliary table, and the ininortablen,consisting,substarrtiallymfa bracket-shelfarranged to m oveinvertical guides upon .thebracket-fralne c, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT \V. STOSSMEISTER.

Witnesses:

L. M. HOSEA, J. A. Rn'rnnnronn.

